Legal Opinion
Walsh v. Ramada Inns, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 21, 1989No. 1-88-2586PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Linn
We allowed the petition of certain defendants (Ramada Inns, Inc., John A. Cassens and John E.H. Cassens) for leave to appeal from the denial of their intrastate forum non conveniens motion. (107 Ill. 2d R. 306(a)(1)(h).) On appeal, defendants contend that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to transfer this cause to Whiteside County, Illinois.
Plaintiffs Thomas and Eleanor Walsh are residents of Spring Valley in Bureau County, Illinois. In 1985, Thomas Walsh (hereinafter Walsh) was employed as a construction worker by Richard J. Prescott Construction Company of Sterling in…
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